Retraction Statement

“The Role of HBx Gene Mutations in PLA₂R Positive Hepatitis-B-associated Membranous Nephropathy” by DONG Hui, XU Yan, XU Ting, SUN Jing Yi, BU Quan Dong, WANG Yan Fei, CHE Lin, ZHAO Long, and JIANG Wei published in Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2020; 33(4): 269-272 (doi: 10.3967/bes2020.036). The authors found that there were incorrect use of images in the article upon inspection and applied for retraction of this article by the agreement among all authors.